Roosevelt Volunteers Rally Across Regions For Mexican Role
Messages flood in pledging guns, supplies, and funds as Colonel Theodore Roosevelt seeks to form a volunteer division. Recruiting centers in East, West and South report intense interest from engineers, medical staff, and skilled workers. San Antonio offers 200 acres for a possible camp while Washington will decide on official acceptance and command structure.
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Tax Day Delayed Notice From Tax Officials
Tax officials reiterate payment deadlines in state, urging timely income tax settlements. The collector John A Lowe Jr at Custom House announces extended hours until tomorrow afternoon with penalties for late payment.
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Custom House
Ideals and Candor in American Business Speech
A speaker urges Americans to live by candor and truth in business and national life. He argues that Americans must judge actions by national ideals, serve the country first, and pursue liberty, justice, and humanity even at cost. He defends the vitality of the average citizen and the power of truth to free nations.
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Patro lman to Escape Trial Kills Himself
Patro lman Picronnmn omer de Conway, facing charges after a 15 year old girl accused him of assault, leaped from an eleventh story window at 492 Fourth Avenue. His death halted an imminent Queens County Court trial. he had been on the force six years and had health concerns.
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Fourth Avenue
Bessie Tucker
Hull Street
Long Island City
Conway
Queens County Court
Ad Men Close Big Convention
Philadelphia June 2 Edward N Hurley vice chairman of the Federal Trade Commission urged more cooperation between business and government at the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convention. He cited a May 12 1914 letter from President Wilson endorsing government support for trade associations and urged mutual helpfulness in welding American business into a cohesive whole. President Wilson's Independence Square address closed the most successful convention the ad men have held.
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Edward N. Hurley
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Hurley
Wilson
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Herbert Knox Smith backs Hughes for president
Herbert Knox Smith of Hartford, a leading Connecticut progressive and ex Bull Moose candidate, announces support for Charles Tirana Hughes for president. He praises Hughes for a strong national government, undivided patriotism, and protection of American citizens, saying Wilson and Democrats do not satisfy him.
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New York City Harbor Cofferdam Ceremony Affects Pier
Mayor opens sluice gates as Dock Commissioner Smith surveys progress on the new 1000 foot transatlantic pier cofferdam. Officials from the Chamber of Commerce and several transatlantic lines attend with engineers and city leaders, signaling a major early phase in a landmark riverfront project. The structure, begun in 1914, requires about eight hours to fill and is slated for completion in about a year and a half.
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Charles W. Staniford
C. H. McKinstry
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Frederic V. Abbot
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S. ¥. Huntington
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Frank S. Gardner
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Maritime Foxchange
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P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine Company
A. G. Smith
Ward Line
Charles P. Suther
Cunard Steamship Company
J.P. Meyer
Hamburg-American
Lamar Hardy
John J. Murphy
Alexander Brough
Charles Stimuas
Board of Water Supply
J. W. Oman
U.S
Nelson Lewis
Board of Estimate
Calvin D. van Name
Horough
Richmond
George H. Bell
Buffalo
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Maine
Havana Harbor
West Forty-sixth Street
New York Republicans Rearrange District Leadership
The New York Republican Committee plans a July meeting of district committees to resolve leadership realignments under the new Assembly driven districts. Manhattan loses eight state committee seats as Assembly districts shrink from thirty to twenty three, while New York County faces shifts in eleven districts. A dual leadership emergees in several districts, with Koenig and Tapner in a split setup. Decisions due on July 10 will determine which leaders win state committee spots.
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J. Henry Walters
Syracuse
Joel S. Koenig
New York Republican Committee
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Coffin Cards Herald Feat At Bay Speed Way Fourth
On July 4 the Bay Speed Way will host Redman Law who plans a publicity stunt using coffin shaped cards with black letters. He claims to land a balloon dynamite drop and bail out by parachute, promising a bomb landing within fifteen feet of a square object on three tries. The press notices emphasize the stunt as a publicity gimmick and raise questions about its safety.
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Hughes Campaign Moves as Parson Hope Narrowed
Dispatch from Bridgehampton dated June 29 notes Charles J. Hughes arrives for a brief rest and speech prep. He will walk and play golf near his summer home while remaining in phone contact with campaign manager William R. Willcox. Talks with the steering committee selection suggest old guard seeks control, with Holes Penrose pressed for a place and George W. Wickersham and Herbert C. Parsons already likely members.
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Toa Tetinse
Bridgehampton
Charles EK. Hughes
Hughes
William R. Willcox
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Willcox
Old Guard
National Committee
Holes Penrose
Pennsylvania
George W. Wickersham
Herbert C. Parsons
Ateersne Committee
Hughes Pice Sunse
Young Democrat Club Opens the Campaign in Brooklyn
The Young Democratic Club of Brooklyn hosted a campaign event led by Edwin S Harris, chairman of the Democratic State Committee. Harris praised President Wilson and criticized Charles E Hughes, linking Hughes to protectionist and pro-wealth themes. Postmaster Jim Burton and ex-Senator Loring Wlack attended, with talk touching on European policy and the Mexican situation not addressed.
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Edwin S Harris
Democratic State Committee
Wilson
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Loring Wlack
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Hughes
Flinn Declares for Hughes in Pittsburgh Parade
Pennsylvania National Committeeman William Flinn, a member of the Progressive National Committee, announced in Pittsburgh that he will support Charles E. Hughes for President. The statement came during a procession in the city on June 2.
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Pittsburgh
William Flinn
Progressive National Committee
Charles E. Hughes
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